Ethical dilemma: discontinuation of ventilation after brain stem death

BMJ. 1999 Jun 26;318(7200):1753-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1753.

Authors

J M Swinburn¹, S M Ali, D J Banerjee, Z P Khan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, City Hospital Trust, Birmingham B18 7QH.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brain Death*
Dissent and Disputes*
Ethics, Medical*
Female
Group Processes*
Humans
Informed Consent
Life Support Care*
Medical Futility
Persistent Vegetative State
Resource Allocation
Respiration, Artificial
Withholding Treatment*